top | item 47166398 (no title) jkestner | 3 days ago It’s not the CEO’s fault - they had to take all that money to keep their org a non-profit.B corps are like recycling programs, a nice logo. discuss order hn newest torginus|3 days ago Don't they get tax breaks and more lax operating requirements? I don't think this is just an image thing. mcherm|3 days ago No, under US law charities and non-profits are typically eligible for some kinds of tax benefits but public benefit corporations are not. shafyy|3 days ago Are you saying that recycling is a scam? coldtea|3 days ago Aside from a few select product categories, recycling IS a scam.E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-...Recycling mostly means "sent to landfills in the third world":https://earth.org/waste-colonialism-a-brief-history-of-dumpi...https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/03/rich-countri...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trash-recycling-g... load replies (1) jkestner|3 days ago Mostly, yeah. "Yet the industry spent millions telling people to recycle, because, as one former top industry insider told NPR, selling recycling sold plastic, even if it wasn't true." https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-... 8organicbits|3 days ago Many recycling programs don't actually recycle.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-call-out-plastics-indus...
torginus|3 days ago Don't they get tax breaks and more lax operating requirements? I don't think this is just an image thing. mcherm|3 days ago No, under US law charities and non-profits are typically eligible for some kinds of tax benefits but public benefit corporations are not.
mcherm|3 days ago No, under US law charities and non-profits are typically eligible for some kinds of tax benefits but public benefit corporations are not.
shafyy|3 days ago Are you saying that recycling is a scam? coldtea|3 days ago Aside from a few select product categories, recycling IS a scam.E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-...Recycling mostly means "sent to landfills in the third world":https://earth.org/waste-colonialism-a-brief-history-of-dumpi...https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/03/rich-countri...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trash-recycling-g... load replies (1) jkestner|3 days ago Mostly, yeah. "Yet the industry spent millions telling people to recycle, because, as one former top industry insider told NPR, selling recycling sold plastic, even if it wasn't true." https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-... 8organicbits|3 days ago Many recycling programs don't actually recycle.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-call-out-plastics-indus...
coldtea|3 days ago Aside from a few select product categories, recycling IS a scam.E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-...Recycling mostly means "sent to landfills in the third world":https://earth.org/waste-colonialism-a-brief-history-of-dumpi...https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/03/rich-countri...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trash-recycling-g... load replies (1)
jkestner|3 days ago Mostly, yeah. "Yet the industry spent millions telling people to recycle, because, as one former top industry insider told NPR, selling recycling sold plastic, even if it wasn't true." https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-...
8organicbits|3 days ago Many recycling programs don't actually recycle.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-call-out-plastics-indus...
torginus|3 days ago
mcherm|3 days ago
shafyy|3 days ago
coldtea|3 days ago
E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-...
Recycling mostly means "sent to landfills in the third world":
https://earth.org/waste-colonialism-a-brief-history-of-dumpi...
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/03/rich-countri...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/opinion/trash-recycling-g...
jkestner|3 days ago
8organicbits|3 days ago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-call-out-plastics-indus...